Culture is the soul of a country and a nation, and it is also the core resource that reflects the connotation characteristics and competitiveness of the city. For Qingdao, a national historical and cultural city, its unique cultural characteristics are helping it to become an open, modern, vibrant and fashionable international metropolis. Shibei District, as the core area of Qingdao's main city, is now investing in the construction of "a cultural strong area with deep integration of Hong Kong and city culture" with profound cultural heritage, high-quality cultural resources and rapidly developing cultural industries.
Entering the critical period of urban renewal and fashion offensive, encountering the new pattern of urban renewal and fashion transformation in the future, the Shibei District in the opportunity is transforming from the origin of the city into a cultural source.
Art comes to life In 1902, the art lecture hall opened
Walking into the Textile Valley, located at No. 80 Siliu South Road in Shibei District, we will find a very modern presence here - the 1902 Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bauhaus complex with its century-old cultural heritage is in perfect harmony with the characteristics of contemporary art, and has hosted countless vivid and unique and representative art exhibitions. On the afternoon of August 18th, a high-standard art lecture hall entitled "Long Talk on Chinese Brush and Ink and Creation" was held at the Textile Valley 1902 Art Museum, and Mr. Liu Shijun, a famous calligrapher and painter, brought a feast of Chinese painting art to the audience.
The construction of culturally strong areas requires strong projects as support. It is understood that the 1902 Art Museum is a commercial operation platform specializing in art exhibition and sales jointly created by textile valley in conjunction with Qingdao Municipal Literary Association, well-known domestic art institutions and artists, relying on the century-old Bauhaus architectural space of textile valley, and was put into trial operation in 2019. In the past two years, 1902 Art Museum has adhered to the operation concept of "let art into life", and has held more than 20 activities in total, and in 2020, it was included in the Qingdao International Fashion City Construction Project Library, as a business card of fashion Qingdao, it has been highly concerned by people in the domestic cultural and art circles.
1902 Art Lecture Hall is the "Textile Valley • 1902 Art Museum" to build a cultural and artistic exchange platform, this activity is the first art lecture hall launched for the public since the trial operation of the 1902 Art Museum, followed by inviting contemporary Chinese famous artists from time to time, in the way of on-site teaching + demonstration, presenting the most cutting-edge creative concepts and ideas in today's art world, building cultural exchanges and high-end artworks, art derivatives online and offline display trading platform, in order to enrich the material and spiritual life of island city residents, Provide the driving force for the construction of Qingdao's "Fashion Capital".
In the past, the factory building was transformed to create an urban cultural IP
The century-old development process of Qingdao's textile industry has witnessed the growth and change of the city. In the eyes of the old Qingdao people, Textile Valley is a familiar and affectionate place. The textile factory born in this land is the city card that the older generation will never forget, and it is a profound and not far-reaching memory of the times. Today, when we step into the textile valley again, we will find that there are not only the vicissitudes of the times, but also the modern industrial atmosphere, and it is also a base for art entrepreneurship.
The collision of tradition and trend, the fusion of history and modernity, is vividly reflected here. Walking on the road of the Textile Valley, the old iron gates are everywhere leaning on the side of the road, but what is unusual is that the iron doors are painted with various graffiti, brilliant saturated colors, abstract and uninhibited lines, and irregular patterns, which make the original rusty iron doors rejuvenated.
Not only that, it also has centuries-old industrial relics such as water towers, lithium bromide, and zigzag buildings, and at the same time adheres to the corresponding space aesthetic design concept of historical corridors and fashion blocks, and staggers the layout of artist studios, art sculptures, wall graffiti, contemporary art museums, net red trampoline halls, retro department stores, original collection stores, handmade experience stores, theme coffees and other contiguous fashion formats, becoming a must-choose place for citizens and tourists to check in leisure, creative experience, and learn to recharge.
Today's Textile Valley is no longer a textile industrial park covering an area of 140,000 square meters in the traditional sense, but a national textile and garment integrated innovation platform, an urban fashion life experience center and a landmark industrial tourism destination, bringing together high-end industrial resources to continuously integrate and empower.
An industry, a city, Qingdao Textiles has left a valuable spiritual wealth to the city of Qingdao after a hundred years, which needs to continue to adhere to and inherit, and give a new historical mission. As a new landmark of urban Internet celebrities, Textile Valley is becoming a new value platform that spans various fields and integrates multiple resources. "Centennial Bauhaus Fashion Textile Valley", the follow-up Textile Valley is committed to building Qingdao cultural tourism project - Textile Valley Net Red Station, as well as creating original design and fashion consumption center project.
Improving the quality of the city The renewal of the old city began to accelerate
Shibei used to be an important port area and industrial area in Qingdao, which has made great contributions to Qingdao's century-old development. Nowadays, as the core area of the main city, the urban quality and spiritual civilization construction level of Shibei are related to Qingdao's urban brand image and overall competitiveness. In recent years, Shibei has anchored the strategic positioning of the core area of the international shipping trade financial innovation center, seized the opportunity of the Qingdao pilot innovation pilot base for RCEP economic and trade cooperation, focused on the "1+6+N" industrial development layout, and focused on cultivating new shipping, new trade, new finance, a new generation of information technology and characteristic advantages of the industrial cluster. After two years of growth, the spatial pattern of the integration of hong kong and industry and city has been fully opened, the layout of the shipping trade finance industry is rising, the growth rate of INDICATORS such as GDP, investment, and the "four new" economy is in the forefront of the city, and all aspects of economic and social development have shown a good trend, and a new path of high-quality development led by the opening up and innovation of the old city has been forged.
Located on the shore of Jiaozhou Bay, Shibei District also bears witness to the historical progress of "Centennial Qingdao" because of the old city, which is a symbol of Qingdao culture. Many urban cultures originated, inherited and developed here, becoming the genes and foundations of today's cultural city north. In recent years, Shibei District has fully launched the protection and renewal of historical districts, formulated and implemented the action plan for the repair and renewal of historical districts in accordance with the principle of "respecting history, repairing the old as old, rational arrangements, and overall planning", and fully completed the protection and repair of 6 historical and cultural blocks in three years from 2021.
In population density up to 1. In the 60,000/km2 north district of Qingdao City, a curtain of rejuvenation of the old city from the inside out is slowly opening. On May 28 last year, Guangxingli, a pilot project for the protection and renewal of Qingdao's historic city, opened the prelude to the renewal of the old city. Now more than a year later, the old town of Shibei is gradually realizing gorgeous butterfly changes, accounting for half of the protection planning area of Qingdao's historic urban area, and the Shibei District has completed 8. 10,000 square meters of repair, the renewal of the historic city into the critical period of "accelerated running".
"With a breakthrough in the north of the city, there is hope for the rejuvenation of Qingdao's old city; the rise of the north of the city will have a future for the high-quality development of Qingdao's main city." As Zhang Xinzhu, secretary of the Shibei District Party Committee, said, "We must seize this opportunity to be a good vanguard in the city, build a new highland, build a core area, and strive to be a driver, and forge a new path for party building to lead, open innovation and reform to achieve high-quality development of the old city." "The revival of the old city in Shibei District is accompanied by the strategic layout of the integration of hong kong and industry, and is striding forward in the endogenous renewal of the city."